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2015 Smithsonian APA
(Asian Pacific American)
Wikipedia Edit-a-thons
When and Where
When:October 2015
Where:United States (multiple cities)
Parallel campaign in Asia
A national edit-a-thon for cultural presence, to expand Asian American topics on Wikipedia.
WikiAPA

This Meetup page is for the Minneapolis event at The Loft Literary Center held Thursday, October 1, 2015, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm - Main Event Page is here

The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center invites you to attend the 2nd annual Wikipedia APA, an editathon for cultural presence, which will be held during 2015.

We are thrilled to invite you to Wikipedia APA, an editing event for improving and increasing the presence of cultural, historic, and artistic information on Wikipedia pertaining to Asian Pacific American ("APA") experiences. The second Wikipedia editathon dedicated to APA content, this project will occur as physical events during 2015 in New York City, Washington DC, and Los Angeles, as well as remotely, with participants taking part from all throughout the world.

(Parallel to this campaign, a number of Wikimedia Asia Project countries are participating in editathons covering national heritage topics, including as an extension of the photo contest Wiki Loves Mounuments.)

While there is a respectable amount of information currently in the encyclopedia for commonly-known APA topics such as the Chinese Exclusion Act, the Japanese American Internment, and the Model Minority Myth, less information exists online about communities and experiences that have been historically marginalized. As presence on resources like Wikipedia becomes not only a tool for learning, but also a signal of cultural significance, the time is right for us to advocate for a more complete APA narrative.

With the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center’s recent exhibitions, the Museum of Modern Art's exhibition Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960–1971, and SAAM's exhibition The Artistic Journey of Yasuo Kuniyoshi, we are underlining a commitment to explore stories that have traditionally been left untold—particularly around Americans whose identities include South Asian, Southeast Asian, Pacific Islander, multi-heritage, women, and LGBTQ. Incidentally, these vital APA narratives are dispersed and incomplete on Wikipedia.

Let’s change that.

Event information

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  • Main campaign page: Smithsonian APA Wiki
  • Who should attend: Everyone of all ages is welcome to attend, regardless of experience. We are happy to teach you the basics of editing Wikipedia! The public is welcome to this event
  • Hashtag: #WikiAPA

Attendees

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Please add your name. If you are registered, type four tildes

  1. Alisha94 (talk)
  2. Caphe phi (talk)
  3. Gobonobo (talk)
  4. Isamunomura (talk)

List of articles to edit

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Wiki APA Tumblr
Check out the WikiAPA: stARTer kit!

Wikipedia statuses:
Looking good = examples of artists who have Wikipedia articles that are thorough and updated
Needs update/expansion = have articles that lack information or sources, or are outdated
Needs article created = lacks presence on Wikipedia

Missing articles

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Minnesota
US

Articles to improve

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Non-artists

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To Do

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see List of articles to edit on Main Page

List of articles to create

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see List of articles to create on Main Page

List of new articles created

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  1. Katie Ka Vang
  2. Katie Hae Leo
  3. Anna Min
  4. Wing Young Huie
  5. Ananya Chatterjea

List of articles improved

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  1. Miss Saigon

Information resources

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Websites, library catalogs, databases

Editing Wikipedia resources

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Listed here for quick reference.
N.B. Also located on the Resources page referenced above under Editor Resources See Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Resources

Tools and templates

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